to touch
- verb
- /tʌtʃ/
- I need to go into town and find a place to get my highlights touched up.
So yeah, I'm just touching up my lip now.
- So yeah, I'm just touching up my lip now.
- So I'm going to use a tiny bit, barely touch it and go right over that.
- So OK, now let's touch a little bit.
Examples
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"I can touch this one up," she said, touching the name the way Rose did.
Fiction book (1993) -
Laura, can you just touch up her lipstick?
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So let me just add a touch so you can see here.
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So I'm also going to add a touch here as well.
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And then I literally just barely touch it to the skin.
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I was just gonna touch up my makeup.
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I'm adding just like a final touch of the darkest red.
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I'm just going to add a touch more and it looks very seamless.
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I'm going to touch some of that on my cheeks.
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She decided to add a touch of pink to her cheeks for a fresh look.
Synonyms
To make something a different shade by painting or dyeing
To add a small amount of color to something
To change the color or shade of something
To change something a little to make it less strong
Make small changes to something to improve how it looks
To add a small amount of color or feeling to something
To give something a very light color
To add color to a black and white photo or print by hand
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone feel upset or defensive by mentioning a sensitive subject
- Archaic
To tell viewers or listeners to keep watching and not change the channel during a break in the show
- Archaic
Tell someone not to change the radio or television channel before a show returns
Refuse to be involved with people or things that seem dangerous and dishonest
- Slur
A rude slang way to say someone shows small signs of autism and may offend people
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A version of American football where players touch the player with the ball to stop them instead of tackling
A form of football where another player stops someone by touching them with both hands
- Specialized
A plant with seed pods that burst when you touch them and release seeds
- Australian
Touch football where another player touches someone twice to tackle them
- Jargon
A practice where soccer players control and pass the ball using two touches
- Jargon
A football exercise where each player may touch the ball only twice before passing
How Tinted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Touch comes from the old French toucher, meaning 'to make contact', and by extension it came to mean adding a small amount, which is why we say a color or blush 'touched' something when it gives just a little change.